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In today’s news, Classical Music Magazine reports that Borletti-Buitoni Trust awards winners 2016 have been announced, Michael Foyle wins 2016 Netherlands Violin Competition & Black Violin breaking stereotypes about classical music. Also, Flipside Opera gives a new twist on classical music genre
Classical Music Magazine
Borletti-Buitoni Trust award winners 2016 announced
The winners of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust (BBT) awards and fellowships have been announced
The Strad
Michael Foyle wins 2016 Netherlands Violin Competition
The 24-year-old violinist receives €12,000 and performing opportunities
The News Tribune
Classical music has a long way to go towards racial diversity — but you wouldn’t know it watching a Black Violin concert
CBC News
Flipside Opera gives a new twist on classical music genre
Winnipeg singers hope to flip your perspective and pull curtain up on the world of opera
NMZ
Thüringer Kompositionspreis für Südkoreaner Eunsung Kim
Den Thüringer Kompositionspreis 2015 erhält der in Weimar lebende Südkoreaner Eunsung Kim
Klassik Akzente
Zum 90. Geburtstag von György Kurtág
Er ist einer der größten Komponisten der Gegenwart. Jetzt feiert György Kurtág, den eine fruchtbare und lange Zusammenarbeit mit ECM verbindet, seinen 90. Geburtstag
Crescendo
Georges Aperghis erhält den höchstdotierten Preis im Bereich der zeitgenössischen Musik
Der griechische Komponist Georges Aperghis ist mit dem BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award ausgezeichnet worden
Codex Flores
Zukunft des Danish National Chamber Orchestra gesichert
Das in seiner Existenz gefährdete Nationale Dänische Kammerorchester lebt dank Zuwendungen dreier dänischer Stiftungen – zumindest projektbezogen – weiter
Classicalite
Ennio Morricone to Get Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Legendary film composer, Ennio Morricone, who is still going strong in his 8th decade of work, has seen it all and done it all in the world of cinema
The Musical Brain @themusicalbrain“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.” — Carl Sagan
Classical Opera @classicalopera The re-discovered composition by Mozart and Salieri has been performed: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35589422 …
Music History @today_classical #Today in 1947 FP of Gian Carlo #Menotti’s opera The Telephone #MusicHistory #classicalmusic
Michael Foyle/The Strad